Monterey comic con monterey, ca monterey comic con jun 29 jul 1, 2018monterey, ca. The animated series and its sequel justice league, and later smallville and legion of superheroes, he was made into a living supercomputer with kryptonian origins to create greater enmity with the man of steel. Brainiac brainiac is an alien robot that travels the universe seeking cities and civilizations. The remains of his body were retrieved by a coluan scientist, prin vnok, who transferred brainiacs consciousness into doomsdays body, retrieved from the end of time. He is an expert on the science of timetravel and many other things. This robot is one of supermans oldest and most intelligent foes. The animated series and played by corey burton, brainiac was revamped as a kryptonian ai who duped all but jorel. Comic books tagged brainiac impulse creations comics. In the comics, hes a normal, greenskinned coluan who is descended from brainiac. The postcrisis version of brainiac was now a radical coluan.
Brainiac character wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. His most wellknown crime was the shrinking of the city of kandor prior to kryptons destruction, and preserving it amongst a host of other cities from various planets aboard his spaceship. Join as we explore the comic book origins of brainiac. In geoff johns and gary franks brainiac storyline, the. I take a slightly different approach to my explained video on brainiac and. That said, this book and son of origins are the books that made me fall in love with comics as a kideven more so than reading comic books on their own.
Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. New metropolis has risen, but has a new superman as well. In the postcrisis dc universe, brainiacs history was completely rewritten. Oh, and along the way, he hypnotizes luthor into removing the secret timer, and forgetting about brainiac being a computer.
Initially published in 1895 in new york world, the color strip was the first to use speech bubbles and a defined series of panels to create comic. Johns is the author of the new york times bestselling graphic novels aquaman. Superman in the copper age copper age comic books cgc. Romes trajans column, dedicated in 110 ad, is an early surviving example of a narrative told through sequential pictures, while egyptian hieroglyphs, greek friezes, medieval tapestries such as the bayeux tapestry and illustrated manuscripts also combine sequential images and words to tell a story. In the animated versions, brainiac was given fighting a shadow qualities, the greenskinned humanoid being just one of many bodies used by the villain. The man of tomorrow debuts as a quarterly, allowing for a new superman comic to be published every week. The 100 greatest supervillains in the history of comic books. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. The original brainiac was created by otto binder and al plastino. Brainiac is a robot from the 64th century, explicitly stated in both his initial appearance and in the later dc comics encyclopedia to be the original brainiac, upgraded in a new body. The battle heats up as luthor, mercy and hope fight alongside the old brainiac in hopes of finding brainiac s weakness while the world. Brainiac is the ultimate control freakcollector who lives only for his collection of bottled cities and collected knowledge. Feb 1, 2020 brainiac the brainy maniac himself and the 2nd enemy of superman, with 12th level intelligence wants to gain all the knowledge in the universe. Brainiac explained in a minute comic book university.
Brainiac is a prominent member of supermans rogues gallery and one of the most iconic villains in comic book history. However, in the animated series, brainiac 5 had more advanced robotic and computerbased abilities and was closer to the classic brainiac. Supermans nemesis lex luthor may be the smartest criminal mind on earth, but his intellect is no match for the alien artificial intelligence known as brainiac. The doomsday wars miniseries 1999, and it was believed that he was destroyed in the encounter.
The colorful history of comic books and newspaper cartoon. Mississippi comic con jackson, ms mississippi comic con jun 2324, 2018jackson, ms. Brainiac character, a fictional supervillain in dc comics, and an enemy of superman brainiac story arc, a 2008 storyline in action comics brainiac, a version of the villain in the tv series smallvillevril dox also known as brainiac 2, a dc comics character. Superman and batman face brainiac and clayface blogger. The untold story was a reminder of the many wonderful prose books dedicated to the history. However, when he took kandor, the capital of supermans old home planet of krypton, superman came and beat the living crap. He does this by collecting numerous amounts of data from a planet, then destroys it by blowing it up sky high. Brainiac attacks williams will play a different kind of rogue in red son that being brainiac. Amazing las vegas comic con las vegas, nv amazing las vegas comic con jun 29. But, as far as supes goes, i like the brainiac trilogy action 647,648,649. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users.
Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, commonly as an adversary of superman. Brainiac is a fictional supervillain appearing in american comic books published by dc comics, usually as an adversary of superman. Brainiac, sometimes also known as milton fine or as the brain interactive construct to kryptonians, is a roboticcomputerized supervillain, who is one of supermans main nemeses aside from lex luthor. Superman brainiac viewcomic reading comics online for. Originally from the planet most frequently named colu, brainiac s artificial mind and body have morphed several times over the decades, but his unquenchable thirst for absolute knowledge, regardless of the billions of innocent lives which might be destroyed in the process, has made him one of the deadliest villains the universe has ever seen. Brainiac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial cyborg or android. Lee tells the stories behind the ok, i know that stan lee takes waaaay to much credit, and downplays or downright ignores significant creative contributions of jack kirby, steve ditko, wally. Brainiac character, a fictional supervillain in dc comics, and an enemy of superman brainiac story arc, a 2008 storyline in action comics brainiac smallville, a version of the villain in the tv series smallville. Brainiac is typically depicted as an extraterrestrial android. As discussed with scott snyder, the end of this weeks dark nights.
Luthor discovers that brainiac was really a robot created by the computer tyrants of colu and given a humanoid coluian son, vril dox ii, to complete the illusion. These are the man of steels most enduring comic books. This is a key book that includes the origin and 1st appearance of brainiac, as well as the 1st appearance of the shrunken city of kandor. The team was conceived by writer gardner fox during the silver age of comic books as. Dave gieber the origins of the comic book are somewhat controversial and perhaps the jury is still out. An example of an early precursor to print comics is trajans column. Orillia comiccon orillia, on orillia comiccon jun 2324, 2018orillia, on. Like most superheroes, his origins are in the comic books. The story has been through many revisions through decades of publication in comic books and radio, television and film adaptations the original story was written by jerry siegel and illustrated by joe shuster, and published as a part of the characters first appearance. Comic books for sales from the best online comic book store.
Brainiac 5 is a longstanding member of the legion of superheroes with a 12th level intelligence and forcefield belt. The 75 greatest superman stories of alltime master list cbr. When brainiac next appeared, a new origin was revealed for him. Brainiac made his first comic book appearance in the pages of action.
One of the most intelligent beings in the universe, the wicked brainiacs genius has challenged superman time and again. Geoff johns is an awardwinning writer and one of the most popular contemporary comic book writers today. The justice league is a team of fictional superheroes appearing in american comic books published by dc comics. Brainiac is supermans seconddeadliest archenemy after lex luthor, and also a frequent enemy of the justice league. This book is written by geoff johns with art by gary frank, who have worked on other book such as batman.
A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Although several cartoon characters appeared in american newspapers in the early 1890s, the strip the yellow kid, created by richard outcault, is often cited as the first true comic strip. Thank you for reminding me of the brainiac trilogy, time to dig those out. Brainiac shrinks those civilizations and then abducts them, which he adds to his collection of other captured worlds for him to study, making him one of the smartest beings in the entire universe. Brainiac appeared again to battle superman briefly superman. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. With the two tellings coming out in the same year, it seems wrong to discount either one. So lets go back to the cartoonish broadsheets of the middle ages, which were parchment products, created by anonymous woodcutters. The cosmosquaking origins of the new luthor and brainiac. Vril dox, milton moses fine, the collector of worlds first appearance. Brainiac is a fiveissue comic book story arc written by geoff johns and illustrated by gary. Brainiac is out in the universe gobbling up cultures, destroying worlds and putting cities, like kryptons kandor, in bottles so superman heads off to stop him once and for all. Nevertheless, brainiac shares luthors intense hatred of the man of steel, and has continued to use his twelfth.
According to the cgc census, there are only 419 universal unrestored graded copies. Written by geoff johns, james robinson and sterling gates. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used. In the legion of superheroes comics and animated series, a version of brainiac known as brainiac 5 is a promenent member of the team. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. Superman saves a girl named kara on a dying asteroid city called argo city, from attacks by aliens. Superman appears in the dc comics and dark horse comics miniseries superman vs. The origin of superman is the story that relates supermans arrival on earth and the beginnings of his career as a superhero. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. Brainiacs name was a combination of brain and maniac, and his name is the origin of the word brainiac used today as a word to mean genius.
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